Electronics_Projects_For_Dummies

Electronics

Projects

FOR

DUMmIES‰

by Earl Boysen and Nancy Muir

Electronics

Projects

FOR

DUMmIES‰

Electronics

Projects

FOR

DUMmIES‰

by Earl Boysen and Nancy Muir

Electronics Projects For Dummies®

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ISBN-13: 978-0-470-00968-0

ISBN-10: 0-470-00968-3

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About the Authors

Earl Boysen is an engineer who after 20 years in the computer chip industry, decided to slow down and move to a quiet town in Washington state. Earl is the co-author of Electronics For Dummies and Nanotechnology For Dummies.

He lives with his wife, Nancy, in a house he built himself and finds himself as busy as ever with teaching, writing, house building, and acting. Visit Earl at his Web site to get reviews and information about the latest components and techniques for building projects: www.buildinggadgets.com.

Nancy Muir is the author of over 50 books on topics ranging from desktop computer applications to distance learning and electronics. She has a certificate in distance learning design and has taught technical writing at the university level. Prior to her freelance writing career, she held management positions in the publishing and software industries. She lives with her husband Earl and their benevolent owners — their dog and cat. Nancy’s company, The Publishing Studio, has its Web site at www.pubstudio.com.

Dedication

Nancy and Earl dedicate this book to their uncle, Ted Stier, with thanks for being such a great guy and giving Nancy away with such style and grace!

Authors’ Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Katie Feltman for continuing to hire them to work on interesting book projects and to Chris Morris for managing the editing process and the authors so successfully. Thanks also to technical editor Kirk Kleinschmidt and copy editor Teresa Artman for making sure that what we wrote ended up being accurate and grammatically correct.

We also received help during this project from the following people, and they have our sincere gratitude: Bruce Reynolds of Reynolds Electronics (www. renton.com); the helpful folks at Magnevation (www.magnevation.com); and the following helpful members of our local ham radio club: Clint Hurd, Andy Andersen, Jack West and Owen Mulkey; and Gordon McComb of Budget Robotics (www.budgetrobotics.com).